I am not a food blog but I love food. The old Codger loves food too especially dessert pies. So every week he looks through his old recipe books, and he has a fair few of them, and chooses a pie. 
This Dutch Apple pie is made just like an apple pie except you top it with a mixture of 2 tblsp flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, and 1/2 cup of sour cream, with a pinch of salt. The recipe book was a local church book printed in 1976.
We both enjoyed this one. However as Dale ate it he remembered that his mother put in raisins and cinnamon and there was no lattice top. So we are still on the hunt for That Dutch Apple Pie. Maybe you have a more authentic recipe.
Though I kind of AM a food blog because I grow food. One of the most versatile foods I grow are the eggs. And the chook house must be prepared for winter. So, the other reason I have sent the chickens out to play is that it is time to clean their house, all the old straw is hauled out to the compost and new deep bedding put down for the winter. Plus I make little walls of stacked straw to cut the drafts. They have been moulting, it looks like there has been murder done in there. Definitely time for some housekeeping.
Of course Sheila and Charlotte wanted to help. 
Sheila was especially helpful. She helped me collect the eggs and 
then being the sweet ..sleepy pig that she is, she sat at the door, just planted her bottom in the doorway, to make sure no-one got in the way of the work (except herself).
This Easter chicken is going to make it after all. She was found flat out on the floor of the run, not even able to walk with shock, her back raw. She has been sprayed with iodine before being popped into Fort Knox hospital wing inside the chook house, and is eating and drinking today. A huge improvement.
Last night I made leek and kale quiche with a touch of anise. All from the garden. Cheese and eggs from the farm. What a treat.
Good morning. The surprising thing about the Daily View, the bit that I did not really think about, is that it will begin to tell stories of its own. For instance the mower has not moved in three days. Where is the staff?! Not mowing apparently!
Beautiful and warm yesterday and I have awoken to rain again this morning.
Have a lovely day. Chg John my weather man and teacher of all good things Italian, tells me that it is going to get cold this weekend. So get your woolies out for tomorrows post! Ah well, it had to happen.
Celi
On this day a year ago. Daisy was making trouble again and a wee walkabout.
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72 responses to “Dutch Apple Pie”
You mentioned the mower not being moved. What about TonTon? I bet the only things to be in more of these Daily View pics than him will be the trees.
Dale’s pie looks so very good! This is supposed to be applesauce weekend but I bet I could find the time to bake an apple pie. Mom made a great Dutch apple pie but I ever did find her recipe nor, for that matter, many of her other dessert recipes. Can’t really complain, though. We still have quite a collection to cherish.
Well, the chill is on, though not so bad. I was worried about frost but it looks like, at least up here by The Lake, that frost won’t be a problem. I hope you can say the same. Stay warm!
Oh, Celi. I will take that pie any day!
One of my favorite memories is gathering eggs. When it is cold and snowy and dark, I love to reach under a hen’s feathers and gently remove the eggs…they are so warm. Kale Quiche–how lovely to enjoy the fruit of your work (cow fruit, hen fruit). Get those woolies–cold here today (35) and snow forecast tomorrow!
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Did you out anise seeds in the quiche or do you mean anise as in fennel? Either way, it sounds delicious. As does the apple pie, love the addition of sour cream.
“Where is the staff?” indeed: I think they were mucking out the chook house and baking Dutch apple pies and going to work and such. I’m off for a wild weekend of music and time with friends — Johnny and I are meeting up at a BART (subway) station to begin our adventures. I’ll check in on you again Sunday night or Monday morning.
yes, yes…a Shelia society but won’t poor lil Charlotte be jealous. just love that photo of her porky lil butt just plopped down in the doorway! 🙂 have a lovely week-end, Cinders!! oh and that pie!!! Divine!!
I haven’t got out of bed yet and already want a piece of your quiche and pie for breakfast! Lemons on my menu though this morning with a windfall from a friend. Love pic of piggies bum.
Oh lemons, i will pop over this weekend and see what you do with them.. lucky you.. c
What happened to your poor chicken? I’m so glad she is doing better, but what a mess that must have been. Did you blog about it and I missed the story?
Linda
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She got henpecked, i did not go into details but you know what chickens are like, her back will not grow feathers again, she was flat out on the ground with her legs stuck out behind her and her head in the dirt, however they are a tough breed and she is doing much better than expected.. poor little easter chicken, she won’t come out of her cage in the pen until she is quite well and able to run fast! c
I’ve caught up now on a week’s farmy posts… both current and this time last year. We’ve been away, busy at work but I keep popping in to see what’s happening, as a sanity reviver. From the last week’s posts I’ve come to the conclusion that Charlotte & I share the same double chin; somewhere somehow your kin and mine acquired the same predilection for a fried leftovers breakfast (evidenced by my Monday leftover warm pasta on toast!); your Dad writes a great food post and the bread photos were wonderful; and out of the blogs I follow, the G.O. who has even less time than me enjoys most a look at the farmy… A week ago now I left the laptop screen open at the “The Table, the Cat and Kids with Balls” post because I was so engaged by it, and noticed the G.O. pausing each time he walked past and quietly commenting “how good is that” to the photos of little Daisy & Thing ?… I’ve also noticed my friend Carol on your FB likes on the sidebar 🙂
Ella that is wonderful.. i love that you have other people to discuss the farmy with.. any ideas are always welcome and pasta on toast! You are a truly dedicated fry up leftovers for breakfast compatriot.. we should start a fry up blog and every morning we come in to see what disgusting and tasty fried mess someone else is putting on toast!! perfect.. we could be the new rage!! c
I’ve been trying to motivate my staff to mow again too – let me know if you come up with any good motivational words.
I guess it is down to us Heidi and I can blame the rain today!! c
Loving your post – great photos! I love this because I can read about apple pie and get my fix that way instead of eating it – ha! Happy Friday:)
Wow, that is a warm day. Enjoy it while it lasts. Yours is a food-growing blog perhaps? I’m enjoying the daily view. Are they hydrangeas in the bottom right corner?
Yes Juliet, as a nod to the NZ farmhouse I have surrounded the front in white hydrangeas! They are gorgeous in the summer. c
How delightful! I thought your place made me think of NZ, what with the verandah view and those familiar blooms. Now I know why. I look forward to watching them through the seasons.
I remember dutch apple pie form school. It had a crumb base, jam, then apples, then topped with meringue. Is that how you remember it?
wow, I must ask the old codger, that one sounds great! c
We are cooling down, and you are warming up? Hm. Weird weather. Loving your pie, and let’s hear it for growing your own food!
~ Lynda